Just The Facts: Food Inflation
Ottawa, ON – Today’s consumer price index (CPI) data from StatsCan is devastating for Canadians already squeezed by rising costs of living. Fresh fruit is up 4.4 per cent year-over-year, fruit juice by 4.8 per cent and oranges – that classic Christmas favourite – by 7.8 per cent. Coffee and tea are up by more than 23 per cent compared to this time last year, and lettuce by an astounding 26.8 per cent over the same period.
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